March 2008: Awarded "Digital Marketer of the Year 2008" Revolut!on Magazine “Bainbridge is one of the most forward thinking and respected marketers of the past decade”.

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11 May
Bit of a recce to the Cayes today



10 May
On TV shoot location in Placencia Belize, 100 degrees today, shoot starts tomorrow.



3 May
The Bank Holiday...looks like rain then. Added a new comments section, it would be interesting to get a bit of site feedback so do leave some.

2 May
Met up with CE of Op Raleigh (worked for them in the 90s) still seem to be going check them out at www.raleigh.org.uk

1 May
Have joined our new Village allotment scheme and I am spending the warm spring evenings digging through ancient rock to make what the book calls a "Fine Tilth". Had lunch with an old chum, MD from Bell Pottinger and it transpires he has one too...could it be that allotments are the new underground movement of the age.

29 April
Feel like a pin cushion after a series of jabs for a forthcoming trip to Belize to shoot our next TV campaign. Met some really interesting digital people today all worth checking out:

Online ontent production James Booth www.rockaboxmedia.com
Online Search Paul Mead www.vccpsearch.com
Online network Mapping Orlando Plunket-Greene www.infonic.com

21 April
"The Army's web-site is probably the best in the world for Generation Y recruitment and maintaining interest".

Martin Cerullo
Alexander Mann Solutions
Sunday Times Talent Management Conference

April 19
Back from Skipness one of the 2 places in the world I would bolt for if ever it was necessary, the other is Isla Monita, Chilean Patagonia...



www.islamonita.cl

April 2
User Poll 100% of responses state that "Army marketing does not glamourise war".

April 1
Survived the morning unscathed...I think!

31 March
A bit of balance to the debate as we reach the last day of the financial year and all targets clear down to zero again...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7318559.stm

29 March
Quite a week in the media with NUT Vote and subsequent commentary, Guardian education story today balances with a pick up on our new FE bursary programme. Most media seem to be conveniently overlooking the fact that Army partnerships with education have been active for over half a century...
education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2269175,00.html

28 March
On the road to Bury St Edmunds a 350 mile round trip not to be repeated, west/east travel in the UK is a nightmare.

26 March
Memorial Service for esteemed colleague Peter Ormerod in Malmesbury today.

17 March
TV Campaign and social network site launches with new films from Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Kosovo,Ghana and Iraq.

9 March
My latest book published today take a look at the preview and order your copy of Barmy Salami from
www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/203619

8 March
Quite unbelievably I was awarded "Digital Marketer of the Year" which is a huge honour and quite unexpected. A massive thank you to all my colleagues at Publicis and Modem, who have been involved actually doing all the digital work...couldn't have done any of it without you, thanks guys.

I hope you enjoy your visit

Best regards

Mark

Other website links worth a quick check

www.armyjobs.mod.uk
www.tothebest.army.mod.uk
www.emilylawlor.com
www.Army2008.com